Hello everyone, seeking your guidance.
I had a broken flex power cable and my fat PS3 was turning on and off randomly, not even loading the CFW. That is now fixed, but before realizing that was the issue, I thought the disk was bad and I connected it to my PC. I think I have initialized, can't remember if I chose MBR or GPT.
Then I said, OK, let's take a dump of this exact disk into a .VHDX (using HDD RAW Copy 1.20 app). I know, I should have used DMDE and a .bin file. All wrong!
My SSD is 120GB and I think (can't remember) that either I selected fixed size 150GB or dynamically expand for the .VHDX. Problem is now I have a 150GB .VHDX which doesn't fix back into my 120GB SSD.
I found Berion guides and I'm still unable to recover the data.
Does someone think I still have a chance to recover them or should I forget about it?
At some point I took the current SSD (after having that dump into the .VHDX) and wiped it with my PS3 Evilnat 4.92.
My intention was to check the first sector of that wiped drive, which I compared to the first sector of the .VHDX (after mounting) and the data was the same.
I didn't understand how an initialized drive could have the same info on first sector as the recently FS formatted SSD.
Last thing I've tried was using DMDE to copy all sectors from the .VHDX into the SSD, but only to cover all sectors until fit the 120G.
That didn't work either.
I think the main issue is that I dumped it into a .VHDX.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks,
sharing these images, perhaps are helpful
and sorry to tag you @Berion , your opinion here is appreciated.
thanks,
@Berion I've tried your tools, this is what i get:
this is the content of apps dir
this is the content of the keys dir
my model is CECHA00
bs and ufs modules were compiled and loaded OK
i'm running ubuntu 24.04 on a late 2012 mac mini
here is the reporter output (some scripts i deleted them because my model is NAND)
by the way, I bought a 240GB SSD and did a sector by sector copy from the 157GB .VHDX into this new SSD.
all previous outputs are from this sector by sector copy into SSD. the SSD is connected as external usb disk into the ubuntu.
I had a broken flex power cable and my fat PS3 was turning on and off randomly, not even loading the CFW. That is now fixed, but before realizing that was the issue, I thought the disk was bad and I connected it to my PC. I think I have initialized, can't remember if I chose MBR or GPT.
Then I said, OK, let's take a dump of this exact disk into a .VHDX (using HDD RAW Copy 1.20 app). I know, I should have used DMDE and a .bin file. All wrong!
My SSD is 120GB and I think (can't remember) that either I selected fixed size 150GB or dynamically expand for the .VHDX. Problem is now I have a 150GB .VHDX which doesn't fix back into my 120GB SSD.
I found Berion guides and I'm still unable to recover the data.
Does someone think I still have a chance to recover them or should I forget about it?
At some point I took the current SSD (after having that dump into the .VHDX) and wiped it with my PS3 Evilnat 4.92.
My intention was to check the first sector of that wiped drive, which I compared to the first sector of the .VHDX (after mounting) and the data was the same.
I didn't understand how an initialized drive could have the same info on first sector as the recently FS formatted SSD.
Last thing I've tried was using DMDE to copy all sectors from the .VHDX into the SSD, but only to cover all sectors until fit the 120G.
That didn't work either.
I think the main issue is that I dumped it into a .VHDX.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thanks,
sharing these images, perhaps are helpful
and sorry to tag you @Berion , your opinion here is appreciated.
thanks,
@Berion I've tried your tools, this is what i get:
Code:
PS3 HDD Mounter (Missing PS3PT) v1.0 by Berion
Script allows to mount UserData and 3rd VFlash partitions.
This script is only for people which overwritten PS3PT by MBR/GPT in Windows.
In other words: disk initialized by Windows.
Confirm root permissions everytime You will be asked for!
STEP 1: Devices
Choose your HDD from PS3 (type eg: /dev/sdx) from below device list:
MODEL SIZE NAME
4K /dev/loop0
63.8M /dev/loop1
63.8M /dev/loop2
73.9M /dev/loop3
66.8M /dev/loop4
246.3M /dev/loop5
246.4M /dev/loop6
73.9M /dev/loop7
11.1M /dev/loop8
505.1M /dev/loop9
11.1M /dev/loop10
91.7M /dev/loop11
618.3M /dev/loop12
290.8M /dev/loop13
516M /dev/loop14
10.8M /dev/loop15
10.8M /dev/loop16
49.3M /dev/loop17
50.8M /dev/loop18
568K /dev/loop19
576K /dev/loop20
227.3M /dev/loop21
210M /dev/loop22
0B /dev/loop90
APPLE SSD SM128E 113G /dev/sda
200M ├─/dev/sda1
112.8G └─/dev/sda2
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 931.5G /dev/sdb
931.5G └─/dev/sdb1
EMTCE X150 240GB 223.6G /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd
Ok, so You've chose: "/dev/sdd".
Press any key to continue.
STEP 2: Mounting
Choose WISELY:
1. Mount HDD came from Fat with NAND memory.
2. Mount HDD came from Fat with NOR memory.
3. Mount HDD came from Slim with NOR memory.
1
Choose sector of "dev_hdd0" partition:
a. user defined LBA
b. LBA 32
b
WARNING: Using default options for cipher (bswap16-ecb, key size 256 bits) that could be incompatible with older versions.
For plain mode, always use options --cipher, --key-size and if no keyfile is used, then also --hash.
WARNING: Device /dev/sdd already contains a 'dos' partition signature.
WARNING!
========
Detected device signature(s) on /dev/sdd. Proceeding further may damage existing data.
Are you sure? (Type 'yes' in capital letters): YES
mount: /home/gus/ps3/storage/hdd/dev_hdd0: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop41, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
NAME
sdd
└─ps3hdd-bs
└─ps3hdd
NAME MOUNTPOINT
loop41
"/dev/loop41":
00000000 31 99 fd 04 bf 15 b8 45 b1 02 7b f1 51 1d bf 33 |1......E..{.Q..3|
00000010 20 93 70 ac a8 cb 72 89 a5 01 48 3e 7a 38 5b 67 | .p...r...H>z8[g|
00000020 92 cc 1e 9b 23 39 c4 16 22 4c ab 11 47 06 bc 3a |....#9.."L..G..:|
00000030 be d8 ac 7d d6 de db 85 54 03 d2 f3 6d 8c 4c a2 |...}....T...m.L.|
00000040 c4 96 7c 53 be 66 08 d2 46 33 11 71 c3 71 d1 cb |..|S.f..F3.q.q..|
00000050 1a a3 d2 cd 49 c2 7b 80 c1 f1 52 49 44 66 40 8f |....I.{...RIDf@.|
00000060 25 5c 0d e9 f7 63 b8 99 38 80 14 0b f2 31 70 97 |%\...c..8....1p.|
00000070 2a 0b e0 52 b6 20 91 92 e5 cf 69 7e 2a c0 dc 93 |*..R. ....i~*...|
00000080 27 15 c9 f1 ed 99 1b 57 5c ec a8 4e 6e 00 ee c1 |'......W\..Nn...|
00000090 c5 ae f3 e3 cf 0c ee 75 99 83 0d 95 94 1f cd ce |.......u........|
000000a0 93 fa 7e bd c2 59 b4 bb 7f 84 61 37 4e f4 c0 1d |..~..Y....a7N...|
000000b0 07 84 17 90 53 91 26 95 3f b5 6c 93 04 7f c7 f9 |....S.&.?.l.....|
000000c0 a8 10 7a 61 68 a0 45 91 70 ab 72 0a ce 98 26 29 |..zah.E.p.r...&)|
000000d0 d9 85 cb 3e 23 31 38 ba 07 bf f7 19 98 d6 6d 5c |...>#18.......m\|
000000e0 fa eb 45 80 15 59 18 38 6f 28 8b e7 15 b2 f5 ec |..E..Y.8o(......|
000000f0 49 9b c0 90 5f 84 3e 64 1f 53 4e 7b af 3f 6a 8f |I..._.>d.SN{.?j.|
All done. Press any key to exit.
gus@gus-macmini6-2:~/ps3$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 4K 1 loop /snap/bare/5
loop1 7:1 0 63.8M 1 loop /snap/core20/2582
loop2 7:2 0 63.8M 1 loop /snap/core20/2599
loop3 7:3 0 73.9M 1 loop /snap/core22/2045
loop4 7:4 0 66.8M 1 loop /snap/core24/1055
loop5 7:5 0 246.3M 1 loop /snap/firefox/6700
loop6 7:6 0 246.4M 1 loop /snap/firefox/6738
loop7 7:7 0 73.9M 1 loop /snap/core22/2111
loop8 7:8 0 11.1M 1 loop /snap/firmware-updater/167
loop9 7:9 0 505.1M 1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/176
loop10 7:10 0 11.1M 1 loop /snap/firmware-updater/147
loop11 7:11 0 91.7M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop12 7:12 0 618.3M 1 loop /snap/gnome-46-2404/125
loop13 7:13 0 290.8M 1 loop /snap/mesa-2404/912
loop14 7:14 0 516M 1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/202
loop15 7:15 0 10.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/1248
loop16 7:16 0 10.8M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/1270
loop17 7:17 0 49.3M 1 loop /snap/snapd/24792
loop18 7:18 0 50.8M 1 loop /snap/snapd/25202
loop19 7:19 0 568K 1 loop /snap/snapd-desktop-integration/253
loop20 7:20 0 576K 1 loop /snap/snapd-desktop-integration/315
loop21 7:21 0 227.3M 1 loop /snap/thunderbird/791
loop22 7:22 0 210M 1 loop /snap/thunderbird/769
loop41 7:41 0 223.6G 1 loop
loop90 7:90 0 0B 0 loop
sda 8:0 0 113G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 200M 0 part /boot/efi
└─sda2 8:2 0 112.8G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 931.5G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 931.5G 0 part /home
sdd 8:48 0 223.6G 0 disk
└─ps3hdd-bs 252:0 0 223.6G 0 crypt
└─ps3hdd 252:1 0 223.6G 0 cryptthis is the content of apps dir
Code:
./apps:
bswap16-ecb.ko source ufs.kothis is the content of the keys dir
Code:
./keys:
ata_data_key.bin ata_data_seed.bin ata_key_1.bin ata_key_2.bin ata_key.bin ata_tweak_key.bin ata_tweak_seed.bin eid_root_key.bin encdec_data_key.bin encdec_data_seed.bin encdec_tweak_key.bin encdec_tweak_seed.bin flash_key.binmy model is CECHA00
bs and ufs modules were compiled and loaded OK
i'm running ubuntu 24.04 on a late 2012 mac mini
here is the reporter output (some scripts i deleted them because my model is NAND)
Code:
PS3 Reporter v1.6 by Berion
Script helping troubleshooting.
Confirm root permissions everytime You will be asked for!
STEP 1: Devices
Choose your HDD from PS3 (type eg: /dev/sdx) from below device list:
MODEL SIZE NAME
4K /dev/loop0
63.8M /dev/loop1
63.8M /dev/loop2
73.9M /dev/loop3
66.8M /dev/loop4
246.3M /dev/loop5
246.4M /dev/loop6
73.9M /dev/loop7
11.1M /dev/loop8
505.1M /dev/loop9
11.1M /dev/loop10
91.7M /dev/loop11
618.3M /dev/loop12
290.8M /dev/loop13
516M /dev/loop14
10.8M /dev/loop15
10.8M /dev/loop16
49.3M /dev/loop17
50.8M /dev/loop18
568K /dev/loop19
576K /dev/loop20
227.3M /dev/loop21
210M /dev/loop22
223.6G /dev/loop41
0B /dev/loop90
APPLE SSD SM128E 113G /dev/sda
200M ├─/dev/sda1
112.8G └─/dev/sda2
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 931.5G /dev/sdb
931.5G └─/dev/sdb1
EMTCE X150 240GB 223.6G /dev/sdd
223.6G └─/dev/mapper/ps3hdd-bs
223.6G └─/dev/mapper/ps3hdd
/dev/sdd
Ok so You've chose: "/dev/sdd".
Done. Press any key to continue.
STEP 2: Reporting
System informations:
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
Kernel: Linux 6.14.0-29-generic
Devices:
MODEL SIZE NAME
4K /dev/loop0
63.8M /dev/loop1
63.8M /dev/loop2
73.9M /dev/loop3
66.8M /dev/loop4
246.3M /dev/loop5
246.4M /dev/loop6
73.9M /dev/loop7
11.1M /dev/loop8
505.1M /dev/loop9
11.1M /dev/loop10
91.7M /dev/loop11
618.3M /dev/loop12
290.8M /dev/loop13
516M /dev/loop14
10.8M /dev/loop15
10.8M /dev/loop16
49.3M /dev/loop17
50.8M /dev/loop18
568K /dev/loop19
576K /dev/loop20
227.3M /dev/loop21
210M /dev/loop22
223.6G /dev/loop41
0B /dev/loop90
APPLE SSD SM128E 113G /dev/sda
200M ├─/dev/sda1
112.8G └─/dev/sda2
APPLE HDD HTS541010A9E662 931.5G /dev/sdb
931.5G └─/dev/sdb1
EMTCE X150 240GB 223.6G /dev/sdd
223.6G └─/dev/mapper/ps3hdd-bs
223.6G └─/dev/mapper/ps3hdd
Mappers:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Sep 2 19:34 ps3hdd -> ../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Sep 2 19:34 ps3hdd-bs -> ../dm-0
Sectors preview:
mini dump from "/dev/sdd":
00000000 33 c0 8e d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |3.....|......|..|
00000010 06 b9 00 02 fc f3 a4 50 68 1c 06 cb fb b9 04 00 |.......Ph.......|
00000020 bd be 07 80 7e 00 00 7c 0b 0f 85 0e 01 83 c5 10 |....~..|........|
00000030 e2 f1 cd 18 88 56 00 55 c6 46 11 05 c6 46 10 00 |.....V.U.F...F..|
mini dump from "/dev/mapper/ps3hdd-bs":
00000000 c0 33 d0 8e 00 bc 8e 7c 8e c0 be d8 7c 00 00 bf |.3.....|....|...|
00000010 b9 06 02 00 f3 fc 50 a4 1c 68 cb 06 b9 fb 00 04 |......P..h......|
00000020 be bd 80 07 00 7e 7c 00 0f 0b 0e 85 83 01 10 c5 |.....~|.........|
00000030 f1 e2 18 cd 56 88 55 00 46 c6 05 11 46 c6 00 10 |....V.U.F...F...|
mini dump from "/dev/mapper/ps3hdd":
00000000 f4 3a 22 b1 61 69 fa 16 4a 15 2b c8 0b 22 ad e7 |.:".ai..J.+.."..|
00000010 cf 49 4e 5b 9f a4 77 ed 5d d2 05 34 08 ed 15 38 |.IN[..w.]..4...8|
00000020 f5 9e f6 28 a7 9d e1 fc f6 c4 3f 17 b4 67 4e fb |...(......?..gN.|
00000030 92 bc 90 62 04 c9 07 dc 0c 77 d7 6a cd 86 f9 8f |...b.....w.j....|
mini dump from "/dev/mapper/ps3vflash":
hexdump: /dev/mapper/ps3vflash: No such file or directory
hexdump: all input file arguments failed
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Fat-NOR).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Fat-NOR, Read Only).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Slim).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Slim, Read Only).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Fat-NOR).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Fat-NOR, Read Only).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Slim).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
head: cannot open 'Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Slim, Read Only).sh' for reading: No such file or directory
Scripts:
Activator Maker 1.3
PS3 HDD & NAND Keygen 2.1
PS3 HDD Backuper 1.2
PS3 HDD Dumper 1.3
PS3 HDD Expander 0.8
PS3 HDD Mounter 1.9
PS3 HDD Mounter (Read Only) 1.9
PS3 HDD Mounter (Decrypted) 1.0
PS3 HDD Mounter (Missing PS3PT) 1.0
PS3 HDD Tasker 1.7
PS3 HDD Umounter 1.6
PS3 HDD Umounter (Decrypted) 1.0
PS3 HDD Umounter (Missing PS3PT) 1.0
PS3 KO Manager 1.2
PS3 LV1 & LV2 Crawler 0.4
PS3 NAND Mounter 0.8
PS3 NAND Umounter 1.2
PS3 ODD Keygen 0.9
Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Fat-NAND) 1.0
Unattended PS3 HDD Mounter (Fat-NAND, Read Only) 1.1
Unattended PS3 HDD Umounter 1.2
Done. Press any key to exit.by the way, I bought a 240GB SSD and did a sector by sector copy from the 157GB .VHDX into this new SSD.
all previous outputs are from this sector by sector copy into SSD. the SSD is connected as external usb disk into the ubuntu.
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